If you're a fan of Outlook.com but still use a few other accounts for mail—like Gmail or Yahoo—you can import your mail and manage it from Outlook.com's awesome interface. »4/17/14 1:00pm 4/17/14 1:00pm

One of the major issues with Microsoft's Hotmail replacement, Outlook.com, is you could only access it on the web or, with email clients, through the POP3 or Microsoft's EAS protocol. A lot more devices and services use IMAP, and now so does Outlook.com. »9/12/13 11:30am 9/12/13 11:30am

Inbox zero is a holy grail that seems unattainable for most, but a wonderful webapp called Mailstrom makes that dream a reality in hardly any time. Through clever sorting methods, it'll show you your mailboxes in a different light and make it easy to clear out the crap in no time. »2/13/13 2:00pm 2/13/13 2:00pm

OS X: Airmail is a well-designed, fast, and fully-featured IMAP email client that works perfectly with Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, or any standard IMAP account. It integrates all the features you'd expect, and you can even automatically attach files with your Dropbox account. »1/31/13 11:00am 1/31/13 11:00am

Linux only: The Evolution app that's loaded with most Linux systems is a heavy thing. If you'd just like to keep tabs on your inbox and write emails, Postler is a great alternative email client. »3/04/11 4:00am 3/04/11 4:00am

It's shocking how many students put up with crappy, school-provided email and webmail clients. Break free of whichever software had the lowest campus-wide price and use whatever desktop or web-based client you'd like to check your .edu mail. »8/18/10 5:30am 8/18/10 5:30am

The New York Times answers a reader's question about his email client, which can receive mail but won't send it from his email client. As the paper suggests, it's sometimes a tiny little tweak in your SMTP settings that saves the day. »6/08/10 7:30am 6/08/10 7:30am

If you use Gmail as your email backend but prefer a good old-fashioned desktop email client for handling your day-to-day email, you're probably aware that many clients—like Outlook or Mail.app—don't play that nice with Gmail. Here's how to fix that. »6/04/10 9:00am 6/04/10 9:00am

Dear Lifehacker, For the last year, I've used a work email address using Google Apps as my main email account. I'm transitioning out of that company now, and want to bring my emails (and GTalk records) with me. Is this possible? »4/21/10 9:00am 4/21/10 9:00am

reMail, a clever iPhone app that brought full text, offline search capabilities to IMAP email accounts that iPhones otherwise lacked, has been acquired by Google. More notably, reMail's founder, Gabor Cselle, will soon work for Google, where he started out as a Gmail engineering intern. Does this mean a dedicated… »2/18/10 4:30am 2/18/10 4:30am